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How Habits Affect Your Weight Recent figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show that 50% of all illnesses are caused by our behaviour, 20% by environmental factors and only 30% by germs or ‘bugs’. So if you’re feeling...
How To Lower Your Cholesterol The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study found that six million Australians over 25 years of age had cholesterol levels above desirable levels. Many rely on cholesterol-lowering tablets, but one drug has recently been...
Iodine Our basic metabolism is controlled by the thyroid gland, and the thyroid gland needs iodine in order to function properly. Iodine is also important for normal brain development in children. Iodine has to come from the diet, because it is not made in the body....
Kedgeree This dish is made with rice, smoked fish and eggs. In the Valder family home kedgeree was always served for breakfast. These days Peter likes to prepare it in the evening – he says it makes a particularly good TV dinner! Ingredients 500g smoked cod1-1...
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but lunch comes a close second. Skipping either meal often results in low concentration levels in the afternoon, along with cravings for junk food. If you’re bored with sandwiches, nutritionist Rosemary Stanton...
Lowering Cholesterol Nutritionist, Dr Rosemary Stanton, looked at two margarines containing plant sterols, which are extracted from soy beans. Studies show that these margarines can absorb cholesterol and reduce blood cholesterol by approximately 10%. However they can...
Measuring Fat Wondering if you’re too fat? Maybe you should jump on the scales and find out. Wrong! Health and fitness expert, Dr Garry Egger, says that scales measure a whole range of things including the weight of muscle, hair and bone. He recommends using a...
Moisturisers Graeme Quirk explained that although moisturisers can be very expensive, all they put back into your skin is water. They also contain oils to prevent more water evaporating from the skin and to hold the water in contact with the skin. Applying water alone...
Moroccan Barbecued Lamb Geoff Jansz prepared and barbecued a boned shoulder of lamb, Moroccan-style. Geoff says that cheaper cuts of meat, such as a shoulder of lamb, often have the best flavour. You’ll need 1 shoulder of lamb (ask the butcher to remove the bone...
Fitness Yesterday and Today About 65% of Australian men and 53% of Australian women are overweight or obese. Health and fitness expert, Dr Garry Egger, says that this is because cars, remote controls, computers and other forms of technology have taken all the movement...